Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-01
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TN account OF new fcffllb4 I'M
proVcmcnts at Richmond, In
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All the old mortgage 8 per cent.
bonds have been pad off except $1,000
past-due, which have not been pre-
sented. There are 100000 Of the 6
per cent. consols in the treasury I'M
used.
The James.river bridge, with its APP
proaches, is now complete, aud is in
all respects satisfs Glory. In masonry
and iron. work it IS fully up to the
highest standard Of railroad bridges i'll
this country.
The new freight warehouse has also
been completed at a cost Of s33, 2S9 %,
and has been found to be well adapted
to business, ample for present needs,
and il may be readily extended to meet
any increase Of traffic. The expsndi-
lures so far on the new passenger de-
pot, irsiu-shcd, tracks, and approaches,
including cost Of the Public.ware-
house property, has been one hundred
and thirty -four thousand dol ars
(s134, 0OO), paid jointly by the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
and this company. The main build
ing, which will contain every needed
accommodation for passengers as well
as commodious offices for the business
of both companies, will be finished
early in 1887. TIE great improve
ment already experienced in managing
the passenger traffic by this outlay can
hardly be estimated.
The earnings from all sources for the
year were: Through freight, $751;
724.0l; local freight, 3,264.15 ;
Clover-Hill freight, sl,729.33; through
passengers. s43,l00.05; local pas
sepgers, si6, 966.90; Clover-Hill pas.
sengers, sl,l5S.47; express, So
5000; United States mail, sl2,-
538 40; miscellaneous receipts, 81
903,4G. Total, s205, 1886. This
statement shows substantial increase
in the earnings from every source ex-
cept the passenger earnings from the
Clover.Bill connection, where there is
a small falling off. The total increase
in gross earnings is l3,414.67.
The expenses Of operation for the
year were: Conducting transportation,
$50, 1891; maintenance Of motive
power, s25, S50.12; maintenance Of
cars, SIS, 1920 35; maintenance Of road
way, sl3,4S2 general expenses, 49,
So 96. Total, slll,855 "a.
ChosH peaie ard Ohio Railway.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway
extends from Tidewater at Newport
News, through the counties Of War
wick, James City, New Kent, Cnsrle
City, Henrico, 10 Richmond, and thence
through the counties of IIenrico, Han.
over, Louisa, Albemarle, Augusta
Bath, and Allegheny, in Virginia, and
the counties of Greenbrier, Summers
Fay cite. Kanawha, and Cabell, in West
Virginia, TO the State line Of Kentucky
(Bis Sandy river, where it connects
with the Elizabetbtown, Lexington
and Big Sandy railroad, extending to
Lexington, KY, and connecting there
with The Louisville and Nashville rail-
road for Louisville and points West and
South and also connecting at Winches-
ter--tSenty miles east of Lexington
with the Kentucky Central railroad for
Cincinnati and points in the Northwest,
and for ell points South ria Knoxville,
Tenn, from which point connection can
be made from the Atlantic to the Pa.
cifc, making a line which iS always
open for traffic during any season of the
year.
The gross earnings Of the Chesapeake
ard Ohio railway for the calendar year
1856 will approximate "a 100000.
1t is not possible at this time to give
any statistical information for the cal
endar year, but the following statistics
for the State fiscal year, which ended
September Goth, may be Of interest:
Earnings from
70 O26 "a
IdsEeI gers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. oOl ,OfS O9
Mall. oOtcV3
Other source BOZiS 4 l
Total ......S3, 53l oS1
Operating expenses:
Conducting transp0rtalion.sl, 0l0 $50 10
Motive pow er......................... $50 800 u3
Maintenance OF caiE............ B39 2D4 VI
Maintenance Of way............ 46l.6si IS
General eXpeDEes..""........". 1907 10
Total ............... ...,,,.........g2 n $50 "a